DARKER SHADES ADD DRAMA TO ANY DOMICILE

BY TIA KIM

Frontgate Jessie Leather Chair

This traditional wingback is highlighted by a graceful curvature and ample cushioning, but with a fascinatingly svelte profile. English roll arms and turned front legs add classic touches. With tapered oak legs.
$2,395 frontgate.com

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Nicolette Black Queen Bed

Made of hardwood solids and birch veneers with resin embellishments—and with a hand-painted finish—this stunner somehow embraces modernism and retro chic simultaneously.
$1,650 horchow.com

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Meyda Lighting Warwick Chandelier

Gothic revival never looked better than in this stunning design, crafted in Yorkville, New York, which also integrates a rustic motif. Decorated with cast iron medallions and coated with a dark-roast finish, it’s a stunning 66-inches wide.
$10,120 1800lighting.com

Meyda Lighting Warwick Chandelier

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Jay Strongwater Porcelain Fluted Bowl

Made of handcrafted porcelain on a pewter base, this jaw-dropping design, almost too lovely to use, also features hand-polished highlights.
$350 horchow.com

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Costello Hairhide Round Rug

This six-foot patchwork rug, with distressed metallic finish, is created with dyed hairhide (from India), using a combination of handcrafting and machine processes. Unique variations in each hide mean no two are the same.
$899 horchow.com

Costello Hairhide Round Rug

Ralph Lauren Chapman Embossed-Leather Box

The Chapman contrasts the rich texture of alligator-embossed leather with the sheen of lacquered silver plated-brass trim, and is finished with an ebonized wood interior. Just try to find a cooler place to keep your receipts.
$295 ralphlauren.com

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Bernhardt Vivian Inlay Dining Table

Since its first days in 1889 in the foothills of western North Carolina, Bernhardt has become one of the largest family-owned marketers of fine wood and upholstered furniture in the country. This piece, of poplar solids with an ebonized finish, also features a patterned bone-inlay top.
$3,699 horchow.com

Bernhardt Vivian Inlay Dining Table

John-Richard Collection Marla Buffet

Founded in 1980 in Greenwood, Mississippi, John-Richard is famed for traveling the world for inspiration. This buffet, handcrafted of acacia, wood composite, iron, and black glass, showcases reverse-painted migrating birds.
$5,279 horchow.com

John-Richard Collection Marla Buffet